Washington, Nov. 6 -- Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on November 4, 2025, spoke on the Senate floor urging Republicans to work with Democrats to solve the Republican-created crisis of rising healthcare costs now that open enrollment has begun. Below are Senator Schumer's remarks, which can also be viewed here:

Open enrollment is now upon us.

Twenty-four million Americans are now making agonizing decisions, agonizing decisions about what healthcare plans they choose, if they even choose one, are able to afford one, about how much more they'll be able to pay, and if they can afford healthcare at all.

I want to be very clear-this open enrollment is not like open enrollment of previous years.

Never have American families fa...